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11/03/2015

Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly is one of the year’s best albums, and it’s also been responsible for producing some of the year’s best videos: “Alright,” “King Kunta,” “For Free?”
And now there’s another one, a perfectly ridiculous visualization of
the languid Bilal/Anna Wise/Thundercat collab “These Walls.” The video
stretches it out to eight minutes and tells a story about a wild
apartment-house party, an unfortunate arrest, and a freak session so
heavy that it literally breaks a huge Kendrick-sized hole in a wall.
There’s also a talent show interlude with Kendrick and the actor Terry
Crews dancing to iHeartMemphis’ “Hit The Quan.” Colin Tilley and the Little Homies directed the video, and it’s one of the dizziest,
weirdest visions you’ll see anytime soon.